Beauty in the North Unit The badlands of western North Dakota are renowned for their rugged beauty! Theodore Roosevelt National Park preserves those mesmerizing landscapes and offers easy access. Some miss the North Unit of the Park, near Watford City, North...
Gold Photographs Gold miners were not fooled by the color of the hills — but anyone with a camera will want to see the gold in the Badlands hills. We like to get into the Badlands a couple of hours before sunset — and that means it’s going to be cold...
The South Unit at Sunset We like to time our visits to Medora so that we can catch the spectacular color changes at sunset. This weekend, we strolled up Ridgeline Trail to watch the colors of the wintry golden hour turn to magenta and then blue. At the top of the...
What you can find along the state line We are captivated by all the unique offerings of architecture and history along the Missouri River where it flows from Montana to North Dakota. This fall, as the weather has been decent and the light excellent, we’ve spent...
Find quiet in the Badlands. Wouldn’t it be nice to get out here, get away from it all? You can. I get tired of the noise. Especially the noise you can’t hear. Don’t you? The noise of the season. The noise of culture clashes. The noise in my own...